Ahietme<e.] ' CLXV. CONIFERS. 439 



in planta culta tamen et interdum in speciminibus sylvestribus variant alia solilaria teretia, alia 



geniina semiteretia. 



2. Sfrobus {Ccjnbm, Favl&t). Antheranim connectivum supra loculos tuberculiforme v. breviter 

 cristatum. Strobili (interdum longi, sa?pe angusti, nunc vero globosi) squamae rigld^e durseque sed 

 vis lignosEe et laxins imbricatse, latie, concavfe, suborbiculatae, medio crassiores margine atteniiatae, 

 umbone v. mucrone niiniito terminal! v. obsoloto. Species eniimerat Engelmann in litt. Ki, pleras- 

 qiie Aniericanas cum P. C(7nhra ox Asia et Europa. L. C. Rick. Conif. t 12. Lamb, Pm. ed 1, f. 

 22 ad 24, ii. t. 3; ed. mhi, t. 30 ad 31. Forbes, Pin. Woh. i. 27 ad 31. lieichb. Ic. Ft. Genu, t 530. 

 Boyle, 111. PL Himal t. 84. Sicb. et Ziicc, Ft. Jap. L 115, 116. Mich. X. Amer. Si/lv. iii. t. 145. 



Kiitt.N. Aran: Si/lv. t. 112, 114. 



Genus prteterea a pluribus auetoribiis dividitur ob folia in fasciculo gomina, tenia, v. 4-5-na, 

 character non semper constans ; Engelmann in iitt. subsectiones 20 proponit, imprimis ad conforma- 

 tionem anatomicam foliorum, quam diligentor investigavit, sed character adlnic vix satis probatiis, 



nee bene ad usum practicum idonens. 



De squamarum strobili sorlcbus spiralibus efr. Pic/ci. in Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb. xxvi. 505, L 19 



ad 22. 



27. Cedrus, Loud, in Forbes, Pin. Woh. 144, i. 48, 40.— Flores monoici, ^ in rainulig 

 lateralibus abbreviatis terminales, intra folia fasciciilata stellato-patentia subsessiles, 

 bracteis sqnamiformibus arete imbricatis stipati. Stamimim columna intra bracteas 

 sessilis, cylindracea ; antlienx) numerosissiinre, primum densissime mox laxius spiraliter 

 confertre, multiseriales, in axi subsessiles, loculis 2 oblongo-linearibus arete adnatis 

 extrorsum longi tu din aliter dehiseentibus, connective ultra locnlos in appendicem sfiuaiui- 

 formem ovatam inflexam srepins margine dcnticulatam producto. Amenta $ subglobosa, 

 in ramnlis brevibns intra folia sessilia. Sqnamfe distincte dnplices, spiraliter multi- 

 aeriatte, arctissime appress^e, imbricatse, laniinis fere a basi distinctis; bractea sen lamina 

 exterior parva, arete apin-essa, occlusa; lamina ovulifera jam .sub anthesi bractea mnlto 

 major et specie squamam constituens, apice rotundata, margine tenui. Ovula 2, prope 

 basin laminaj ovulifer^e cum ea continna arcteqne refiexa, po.st anthesin ol) laminam basi 

 accrescentem paullo altius affixa videntnr. Strobilns snbgloboans, amento florente con- 

 formis nisi valde aiictns, bracteis immutatis, squarafo e lamina ovnlifera yalde aucta 

 composita?, rigidte, parum incrassatfc, indnratre, arctissime imbricatae, basi inflexie, din 

 persistentes post semina delapsa tamen dem\nn decidua;. Semina {Pini) sub qnaque 

 squama 2, reversa, p.seudo-.samaroidea, membrana tenniter scarioso-hyalina late oblique 

 obovata a strato interiore squamjc soluta coronata et ntroqno latere marginata, vix 

 demum ab ala soluta, ovato-oblonga, compressa; testa tenniter crnstacca; embryo 

 normalis, srepius oc-cotyledoneus.— Arbores elatre, aempervirentes ; ramuli e gemnn^ 

 imbricato-squamatis evoluti, alii tenues, folia dcmnm dissita spiraliter affixa ferentes, 

 alii (floriferi) orassi, breves, quotannis seriem exteriorem sqnamarum imbncatarnm 

 interioremque foliorum in fasciculum densum fere in vcrticillum confcrtorum ferentes. 

 Folia acicularia, sub-4-gona, rigida, prope basin articnlata, basibu.s infra articulation em 

 post folia delapsa diu persistentibus. Florum ^ columna bene evoluta 1-2-ponicaris. 

 Strobili usque ad 3-4 poll, diainetro. 



Species V. varietates insigncs 3, mia Himalaica, altera orientilis, tertia Atlantica. ParlaL in PC. 

 Prod xvi, ii. 407 {Pini sccf.), L. C. Rich. Conif. t. 14. Lamb. Pin, ii. t, 37 his; ed. mm. t 51, 52 

 (Pinu.). Forbes, Pi». Woh. t.iS,iH^'n^^-^r ITooJc.f. in Xat. ffisf. Rev. ISG2, U, t. 1 ad Z. Genus 

 aPmo {Sirobo) diffcvt imprimis gcmmis multifoliatis persistentibus floriferi s, v. axi in ramulnr.! 

 foliatum excrescente; anthora; iis Pi}d {Pinasieri,^) similes. 



28. Picea, LM in Ahhandl. Mad. Wm. Berlin, 1827, 170. (Ahies, Don in Loud. 

 Arb. Brit iv. 2329.)— Flores monoici, ^ ad axillas foliorum superionnn solitam, sub- 

 scssilcs, bracteis squamiformibus imbricatis stipati, in ramulo perpauci v. dissiti, vix in 

 spicam conferti. Staminum columna obionga v. cylindracea; aiUlieras laxiusculc spiraliter 

 confei-t», loculis 2 stipiti adnatis oblongo-linearibus longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, 



mcurvam 



producto. Amenta 



